Words of Inspiration From Our Church and Ministers
A few weeks ago during worship service I read the first Scripture reading for that day, John 2:13-22. The passage was about Jesus cleansing the temple. And, as I said at that time, it was about Jesus cleansing the temple the…
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John (the Baptist) was in the wilderness baptizing at the Jordan river in the year that the prophet Daniel had written the Messiah of Israel would appear, a time late in 26 A.D. Many in Israel were also aware of…
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Pentecost Sunday is the day nearly two thousand years ago that many believe the Church was born. It was the day the Church received the promised Holy Spirit that Jesus said he would send as our Comforter and Advocate. But the…
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In the gospel of Mark (Mark 7:1-8) Jesus calls out the religious leaders of his day for placing centuries old traditions ahead of explicit, biblical directives. (See Mark 7:5-8) I would say not much has changed since Jesus’ day. So many of the churches today…
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There is an interesting tidbit in the Scripture passage of 1 Samuel 17:40. It states: “Then he took his staff in his hand, and chose five smooth stones from the wadi (a brook or stream), and put them in his shepherd’s bag,…
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In Chapter 3 of Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, Paul explains to his readers how there was a “spiritual mystery” that was kept from men until Paul’s time and his call to reveal it. That mystery, of course, was that…
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In Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, Paul says something that is to this day controversial and a matter of contention among a few in the Church Universal. Paul said in Ephesians 2:15-18… “He (Christ) has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances,…
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I am always somewhat dismayed when I hear or read of the “Wisdom of Solomon.” He certainly shares wisdom in what he wrote in the Wisdom of Solomon as noted in this week’s reading selection in the RCL. And of…
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“It Was Not For Them To Know”
Commentary on Acts 1:1-11 Among the many noteworthy points of interest in Acts 1:1-11 there are two I would like to comment on. The first is about how the author of Acts, the one and only Luke of the gospel…
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